Syracuse wide receiver Ervin Philips (3) scores a touchdown against LSU during the second half as quarterback Eric Dungey (2) celebrates in the end zone during an NCAA college football game in Baton Rouge, La., Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)(Photo: The Associated Press)

No, your calendar isn't lying to you. No. 2 Clemson and Syracuse face off on Oct. 13 in a rare Friday night contest, which raises concern regarding player safety as both teams will play on five days of rest.

"I'm not a fan of it. I'll miss seeing my son Friday night. I hate that I cannot be there for that," he said. "I'm not a fan of it. Television dictates all that stuff. I prefer the Saturday games."

The biggest question entering the seventh week of the season is the status of Clemson quarterback Kelly Bryant, who left the Tigers' game against Wake Forest with an ankle injury. Bryant was in a walking boot after the game, but Swinney said he "moved around well" before practice Sunday.

Zerrick Cooper and Hunter Johnson split reps to finish Saturday's game, but Swinney said he won't give any updates on his team's quarterbacks' practice reps this week. The expectation is Kelly Bryant will play, but we likely won't find out for sure until Friday night.

Awaiting the Tigers (6-0, 4-0 in ACC) is a 3-3 Syracuse team that's split its first two ACC games. The Orange feature a talented quarterback in junior Eric Dungey, who leads the nation's 13th-best aerial attack; he's completed 64 percent of his passes for 1,802 yards, nine touchdowns and four interceptions this season, including a trio of 300+ yard games.

Syracuse Orange quarterback Eric Dungey runs into the end zone for a touchdown in front of Pittsburgh Panthers defensive back Dane Jackson during the third quarter at the Carrier Dome.(Photo: Rich Barnes, USA TODAY Sports)

Much like Bryant, Dungey is a sneaky athlete at six-foot-four, 220-pounds. He can evade the rush and make plays in the open field, and leads the Orange in rushing with 325 yards and eight touchdowns on 80 carries. Junior running back Dontae Strickland handles the lion's share of Syracuse's carries out of the backfield, rushing for 220 yards and three scores on 76 carries.

Senior wide receiver Steve Ishmael is Dungey's favorite target, and for the second time this season Syracuse will face the country's leading receiver. Ishmael is number one in the nation in both receptions and receiving yards with 56 catches for 729 yards. He started the year red-hot, rattling off five straight games with at least six catches and 100 yards — including an 11-catch, 123-yard day against LSU on Sept. 23.

After Ishmael, senior Ervin Phillips has 475 yards and two scores on 52 receptions. No other Orange player has more than 20 catches.

Defensively, Syracuse boasts the 54th-bests defense when it comes to yards allowed per game with 357. The Orange are the 10th-best scoring defense in the ACC with 24 points allowed per game and they allowed 30 or more points in all three of their losses.

Something to keep an eye on is what Clemson's offense can do against Syracuse's defense on third downs. The Orange rank sixth in the nation in third-down conversions, allowing opponents to convert on just 24.7 percent of third downs; meanwhile, the Tigers are converting on 48.9 percent of their third downs, good for 11th in the FBS.

Although an early-season loss to Conference-USA's Middle Tennessee State is amusing on paper, single-digit losses to LSU and North Carolina State prove Syracuse can hold its own when motivated.

Clemson running back Wayne Gallman runs past the tackle attempt of Syracuse's Nick Robinson for a first down during the second half an NCAA college football game in Clemson, S.C., Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014. Clemson won 16-6. (AP Photo/ Richard Shiro)(Photo: RICHARD SHIRO, AP)

The Orange won their first-ever game against Clemson, 41-0 in the 1996 Gator Bowl, but times had changed when they joined the ACC in 2013. The Tigers have won all four of these teams' conference meetings by an average of 27.3 points.